Afternoon Delight: Swipe Right for Jake and Amir’s Latest Series, “Lonely and Horny”

What better way to prepare for the fast-approaching weekend than by indulging in the some of the Internet’s most well-done web content? Take advantage of your lunch break and treat yourself to Afternoon Delight, Decider’s carefully curated picks of the best short-form content available on the world wide web. This week we’re spotlighting Lonely and Horny, a new Vimeo original from longtime favorites Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld.

Hurwitz and Blumenfeld, the comedy duo best known for their CollegeHumor series Jake and Amirthat ran from 2007-2015, started Jake and Amir as a one-off to “make each other laugh”, but never expected it to evolve into an 8-year success story nearly picked up for a TV series. Since the conclusion of the series last year, they have continued their podcast, If I Were You, in which they offer advice in areas they’re both qualified and completely unqualified to speak about. The duo describe Lonely and Horny as a “spiritual successor” to Jake and Amir, and the two are certainly at home (and hilarious) in their respective roles once more – Blumenfeld as a slightly-grating, socially inept singleton, Hurwitz as a fairly normal guy with dreams of turning “matches into snatches” for his students.

Directed by Hurwitz and starring both Hurwitz and Blumenfeld among a wildly talented ensemble cast, Lonely and Horny follows Ruby Jade (Blumenfeld) a very unfortunately named, self-absorbed, neurotic 30-something who desperately wants to get laid. He is assisted in his cringe-worthy quest for love by a supportive (and brutally honest) dating coach named Josh (Hurwitz) as he seeks companionship with literally anyone. The first episode wastes no time in showing us exactly who Ruby is; we open on a Tinder-swiping montage that results in dropping his phone in the pool and continuing his swiping mission as he attempts to salvage the phone in a bag of rice. Described as “way too desperate to be attractive in any way, to anyone, ever,” Ruby is destined for a series of disastrous dates and lessons in life, love, and the pursuit of getting laid.

Watch the first episode below, and stream the rest of the series on Vimeo (with two new episodes released every Friday) for $14.99.

Jade Budowski is an indecisive sometimes-writer with a knack for ruining punchlines and harboring dad-aged celebrity crushes. Follow her on Twitter: @jadebudowski.